Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-05-19
THE WORLDS WORKERS
Notes from Various Points Relating 90
labor Matters.

CHICAGO May I2-The relations be.
tween the master builders and their en-.
ployes are strained and u great strike, In.
tons here for an indefinite time, seems
impending. The demand by the hod
carriers for the recognition ca their union
and the exclusive employment OF Its
members IL regarded by the master
builders us bar to the consideration of
every other proposition. A general lock
out is threatened and expected by the
employees.
Nearly 1000 bricklayers and stone
masons asked their bosses TO change the
pay day from Monday to Saturday, and
when the request was refused tho men
quit work. BY noon 600 men were out
and more will be out The strike Is not
In any way connected with that Of the
carpenters or tho carriers.
The committee Of the Amalgamated
Building association held meeting aud
decided not to order general strike Of
the building trades In support of the hod
carriers strike. II was nscertainod that
u majority of the employers had conccd.
cd the demand of the hod carriers, and
the committee therefore concluded that n
to hid and support tho 600 or so hod car.
rers whose employers would not yield.
WARE, Mass, May l2--The weayers
employed In s. II. Gilbert 4 Co.'S. wooden
mills at Gilbertvillc, who struck April 80
for increased pay, surrendered uncondi.
tionally yesterday. Tho majority re-
turned TO work, but the company refused
TO receive the leaders of the strike.
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miners and coke drawers from the Nam.
moth, Hecla and Winsted coke works, TO
tho number Of 800, visited the Mutual
coke works yesterday and drove tho
workers out.
CoNNEIIsvILLE, Pa. May 12,-At u
number OF coke works union men have
been employed until to-day to run engines
and pumps. and do other work necessary
to keep the pits In order, The men thus
employed came out to-day in obedience
to call made by the executive board OF
the amalgamated association Of miners.
Much indignation Is manifested by the
Knights Of Labor at the condemnation Of
the strike by executive committeeman
Carlton. His declaration will have no
effect on the actions Of the cookers.
DENVER, May i2--Mr. Powderly says
there IL no truth In the published story
that circulars have been sent from Chi
cago to western assemblies Of knights de.
nouncing him for having said, NJ alleged,
that the labor party deserved its recent
defeat In Chicago. He states that there
Is nothing true about II, but II the knights
had disagreements among themselves
they would settle them privately and not
spread the knowledge Of them before tho
public. He attributed this and other
similar stories to the small handful Of
anarchists In the country who arc trying
to cause dissatisfaction among tho knights
and force themselves into prominence
among the knights, but have hitherto
failed.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa. May 12.-All the
miners are working to-day the same as
usual. The men say they know nothing
Of a strike. II the Schuylkill valley
miners should strike. and the Wyoming
miners should refuse to join them. II
would be starvation for the men In tho
schuylkill valley and feast for the
miners In this section. The Wyoming
valley miners would then haye steady
work, ut the expense OF their idle broth.
rem In the lower end. A wcllkn0wn
miner said to. day: "The Schuylkill men
will make great mistake II they go out.
We cannot sustain them, because we are
not organized here. Such Is not the case
in the Schuylkill region. All the miners
there are thoroughly organized, but In
this section only one out of ten belongs
TO an organization.